To My Ancestors
To My Ancestors
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Sumi ink, watercolor, gesso, gold leaf on paper.
Limited edition print signed and numbered. Printed on Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper with archival inks. Printed on 19x13" paper, 17x7" image size. Click on second thumbnail and then click on that image to see how it looks printed. Edition of 150.
Print comes with a backing board in a plastic sleeve, no mat. Ships flat. $125.
Card comes with an envelope in a plastic sleeve. Poem is on the back, blank inside. $7.
Poem 7.5x6" comes framed in plexiglass. $40.
The original painting has sold.
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The image is an abstracted view of a ship traveling the seas toward a new life. The circle represents the sun, or hope. The crack in the sun is filled in with gold leaf, as in Kintsugi, the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold. While dreams are often cracked in some way, embracing its flaws and imperfections can lead to creating something more unique and beautiful.
TO MY ANCESTORS
To you, whom I did not know,
To you, who took the steps
to create your future
to carve a new path as your world
turned upside down.
To you, who left your country,
your soil,
to brave the seas
and take a chance on life —
to start over
to have hope
to linger in thoughts and dreams and aspirations.
To you, who created the footsteps
to continue life
to want more
to nurture and bring forth a new generation.
To you, who let me be born
out of the desire of the human soul,
I thank you.
©Sherrie Lovler